Announcing his arrest in a statement on Wednesday evening, his team said: “Gloucester Rugby are aware of an incident involving Danny Cipriani in the early hours of Wednesday morning following an incident at a St Helier nightclub.

“The club will be issuing no further comment at this time but will make a further announcement in due course.”

A States of Jersey Police spokesman said Cipriani was charged on Wednesday afternoon with “common assault, larceny, assault on police, resisting arrest and disorderly on licensed premises”.